Over thirty years ago Peter John Curran published and distributed a 24
page, letter size booklet entitled "The Peter Pot Paper".

An Incisive Report on the Status of Cannabis Sativa L in Canada, the
booklet was distributed to all Canadian Members of Parliament. What
makes this an important document is the depth of research into the
history of Canada's first cannabis laws.

The full text, with citations, is available online at
http://mypage.uniserve.com/~ttrevor/peter_pot.html